Re: PHP License
| From: | Pierre-Alain Joye | Date: | Wed, 24 Aug 2005 08:28:25 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: PHP License | ||
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On Wed, 24 Aug 2005 10:26:36 +0200
lsmith@php.net (Lukas Smith) wrote:
> Pierre-Alain Joye wrote:
>
> >>The only possible "problem" is that PEAR < 1.4.0 will be the
> >>PHP license and PEAR > 1.4.0 will have a more liberal license
> >>(BSD, LGPL, whatever). That's not a problem - it just means
> >>that the earlier versions will have more restrictions, but
> >>upgrading will mean you have less restrictions.
> >
> >
> > The only big problem is to ask every contributors if he is fine
> > to change the licence, asking the maintainers being easy. And
> > we need the absolute majority.
Understand 100% here, not 50% + 1 :)
> The only feasible solution would be to get an updated PHP license
> as this would allow anyone to simply use the new license. But
> that is a question beyond the scope of the PEAR project.
Agreed, out of our power or abilities.
--Pierre